Support for neckties.



N. D. NELSON.

SUPPORT FOR NEGKTIES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1908.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

WITNESSES:

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all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILs D. NELSON, a ubject of Great Britain, and a resident of ew York city, in the county of New York nd State of New York, have invented cerain new and useful Improvements in Suports for Neckties, of which the following 's a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in upports for neckties, and more particularly 0 supports for four-in-hand ties and the ike when worn with turn-down collars.

My present invention embodies certain 'mprovements on the necktie support shown nd described in Letters Patent of the nited StatesNo. 886,399 granted to me on ay 5, 1908, said improvements not involving any change in the method of applying the tie to the support but in'lessening the 0st of manufacturing the support and enabling its convenient attachment to and detachment from collar-buttons.

The necktie support made the subject of my aforesaid patent comprises in one integral piece a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse member which is substantially horizontal, vertical end members which stand at substantially right angles to said transverse member and are externally recessed, and a central member extending downwardly from said transverse member and containing an opening below the same to engage a collar button.

In accordance with my present invention I make the said necktie support in two substantially corresponding pieces pivotally connected together at about the center of the transverse member, each piece at its inner end being formed with a downwardly extending jaw-member recessed on its inner edge and said jaw-members forming a central downwardly extending member adapted to engage a collar button. The two parts or sections of the support may be turned clownwardly at their outer ends so as to open or separate the lower ends of the jaws and thereby permit them to be passed downwardly over the shank of a collar button, after which the outer ends of said parts or sections will be restored to their upper position, thereby closing said jaws around the shank of the collar-button and eflecting the secure attachment of the support thereto.

I also provide the parts or sections of the support with means for yieldingly lock- Specification of Letters Patent.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

NILS D. NELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR NECKTIES.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Application filed May 16, 1908. Serial No. 433,188.

ing them in their initial relation to each other.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a necktie support constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention, the dotted lines indicating the position of the two parts or sections of the support when they are turned downwardly on their connecting rivet to open the aws which are to engage the shank of a collar-button; Fig. 2 is a like view of the same with the tie in its final position thereon, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same on the dotted line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, designates the tiesupport as a whole, and 11 the knotted tie thereon. The support 10 comprises two sub stantially corresponding sections 12, 13, pivotally connected together by a rivet or the like 14 and each being in one integral piecehaving at its inner end a downwardly extending aw-member 15 and at its outer end an upwardly extending end-member 16 externally recessed, as at 17. The horizontal portions of the sections 12, 13 form the transverse member of the support, which member and the end members 16 correspond substantially with the transverse member and end members of the support shown in my aforesaid Letters Patent, with the exception that in the present instance said transverse member is formed of two parts pivotally connected together by the rivet 14L. The downwardly extending jaw-members 15 are recessed, as at 18, on their inner edges and are rounded on their lower ends, and said jaw members 15 when the sections 12, 13 are in their normal initial relation to each other engage each other at their inner lower edges, thereby causing the recesses 18 in said jaw members to match together and form an opening adapted to the shank of a collar-- button.

When the outer ends of the sections 12, 13 are pressed downwardly, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the jaw members 15 move outwardly from each other and thereby separate the recesses 18, and when the support is in this condition the said jaw members may be passed downwardly between a collar and the head of the button therein, after which, by moving the outer ends of the sections 12, 13 upwardly, the jaw menr bers 15 are caused to close around the shank of the button. I prefer to offset the jaw members 15 inwardly, as denoted at 19 in Fig. 3, so that said members may set inwardly from the general vertical plane of the front of the support and lie closely against the collar, while those portions of the support above said jaw members 15 stand outwardly to a limited extent from the inner fold of the collar rather than bind closely against the same. At the lines 19 where the aw members 15 are offset inwardly, parallel shoulders are naturally formed and these shoulders afiord a stop for arresting the sections 12, 13 when they are turned upwardly for their dotted position shown in Fig. 1 to their initial normal position indicated by full lines in Fig. 1, and in addition I bend the lower end of the inner j aw-member 15 slightly toward the front, so that when the jaw members are closed together their lower ends will pass into abutting relation to each other. I also preferably provide the upper central portions of the sections 12, 13 with means for yieldingly locking them in their initial position, these means in the present instance comprising corresponding indentations 20 forming studs which will interlock when the sections 12, 13 are moved to their initial relation, the stud formed by the indentation in the section 13 passing into the recess formed by the indentation in the sect-ion 12, as shown in Fig. 3.

The method of using the support 10 is indicated in Fig. 2 and fully made known by my aforesaid patent dated May 5, 1908.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A necktie support comprising a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse bar member, vertical end members and a central member to en age a collar-button, said support being in sections pivotally secured at their inner ends by a rivet passing through them and each having at its outer end one of said end members and at its inner end a recessed jaw constituting one section of said central member, said recessed jaws when to gether constituting said central member and being capable of separation to pass on a collar-button shank by the turning of the outer ends of said sections in the same direction on said rivet, and said sections at their adj oining ends having interlocking indentations for yieldingly locking them in their initial relation; substantially as set forth.

2. A necktie support comprising a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse bar member, vertical end members and a depending central member to engage a collarbutton, said support being in two sections pivotally connected at their inner ends by a rivet passing through them and each havm at its outer end one of said end members an at its inner end a recessed depending jaw constituting one section of said central member, said recessed jaws crossing each other and constituting said depending central member and being in abuttin relation to each other at their inner lower e ges and capable of separation from each other by the turning of the outer ends of said two sections downwardly on said rivet; substantially as set forth.

3. A necktie support comprising a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse bar member, vertical end members and a depending central member to engage a collarbutton, said support being in two sections pivotally connected at their inner ends by a rivet passing through them and each having at its outer end one of said end members and at its inner end a recessed depending jaw constituting one section of said central member, said recessed jaws crossing each other and constituting said depending central member and being in abutting relation to each other at their inner lower edges and capable of separation from each other by the turning downwardly of the outer ends of said two sections on said rivet, and said sections at their adjoining ends having interlocking indentations for, yieldingly locking them in their initial relation; substantially as set forth.

4. A necktie support comprising a horizontally elongated frame having a transverse bar member, vertical end members and a depending central member to engage a collarbutton, said support being in two sections pivotally connected at their inner ends and each having at its outer end one of said end members and at its inner end a recessed depending jaw constituting one section of said central member, said recessed jaws constituting said depending central member and being in abutting relation to each other at their inner lower edges and capable of separation from each other by the turning of the outer ends of said two sections in the same direction on said pivotal connection, and said jaws being offset inwardly below said transverse bar member, with the lower portion of the inner jaw bent outwardly to aline with the other jaw; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York cit in the county of New York, and State of ew York, this 15th day of May, A. D. 1908.

NILS D. NELSON.

Witnesses .ARTI-IUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL. 

